Sunshine by Samantha Leigh (Aster Springs #2)

He’s the protective single dad with too much on his plate. She’s the wild ray of sunshine with a secret crush. He needs a nanny. She needs a job. Sneaking around was never on the menu.

Dylan Davenport has always been the responsible one, but he’s bitten off more than he can chew. Looking out for his sisters. Running the family ranch. Managing his restaurant as head chef. And raising his six-year-old daughter on his own.

Poppy Golightly was eighteen years old when she left Aster Springs to get over her crush on her best friend’s brother. Now she’s back with a broken heart, an empty bank account, and an eternal optimism that her true love is out there somewhere.

When his sister convinces him to hire Poppy as his nanny, Dylan’s perfect control starts to slip. Poppy is fun and messy and spontaneous—all the things he isn’t. She’s also grown up and gorgeous. Magnificent with his daughter. Soft and warm and luminous.

Dylan knows his sister would never approve of him dating her best friend and he’s only ever done the right thing—until now. Soon heated gazes lead to forbidden tastes that turn into so much more.

Dylan is Poppy’s fairytale come true, but he can’t risk falling for another woman who’ll leave him and his daughter behind. Yet when the truth about their relationship is accidentally revealed, Dylan discovers just how hard he’ll fight to give Poppy her own happily ever after.
‘Sunshine’ is a single dad steamy small town romance with an HEA. It’s the second book in the Aster Springs series and can be read as a standalone.